Apparatus for making bituminized webs



May 23, 1939. H. w. GREIDER El AL 2,159,587

APPARATUS FOR MAKING BITUMINIZED WEBS Originfil Filed July 20, 1933 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 m uyon ywa M 7% M1141, )1

ATTORNEYS 8 R- E w D 5 2 A M I n w m G" .3 Wm H W T A m May 23, 1939.

Original Filed July 20, 1933 2 Sheets-She'et 2 INVENTOR 1 ATTORNEYS Patented May 23, 1939 arrana'rus 4 2,159,587 roamxmc ammnnznn wnns Harold w. Greider, Wyoming, and George Arthur Fasold, Mount Healthy, Ohio, assignors to The Philip Carey Manufacturing Company, a corporation of Ohio.

. -0riginal application July 20, 1933, Serial No.

Divided and 'this application May 26,

1937, Serial No. 144,965 Y.

- g 11' Claims.

: This case is a division of application Serial No. 681,286, filed July 20. 1933, which is incorporated hereinas a part of the disclosure of the present invention. The parent case fully-discloses the method and apparatus or machine but claims only the method. The apparatus or machineis the subject of the instant case.

The invention relates to apparatus or machinesfor manufacturing bituminized roofing, and particularly to bituminized roofing comprising a foundation fabric, suchas felt, impregnated and coated with bituminous compositions so as to provide building materials useful as weather resisting coverings,e. g., roofing, sidings, and the like. For convenience in description 'such building'materials whether used for roofing or for other purposes, will be referred to herein as roofing and the apparatuses or machines will bgi referred to as roofing apparatuses 'or mac nes.

Bituminized building material heretofore ernployed for roofing. and siding contained a considerable number of voids caused by incomplete V saturation during its manufacture. Accordingly when the material is exposed to the weather,

moisture is absorbed either by direct application of water or by contact with moist air. This is due chiefly to the porosity of the sheet that results from incomplete saturatiombut also in part to blisters about inch or about /4 inch in diam- .eter are formed which push up to the surface of the roofing and expose the felt base to the I weather. The felt being unprotected at the blister points deteriorates rapidly. Moreover, a blistered roofing, particularly when the blisters are broken.

is very unsightly aswell as of low resistance to weatheri Sliding results from thetendency of the bi- 'tuminous surface coating and the adhered granular weather resisting material to move or slip with respect to the fabric foundation or base when exposed to summer heat. Sliding. of course, is

'- particularly serious on inclined roofs or vertical walls. Frequently shingles of ordinarysize exhibit 3/4 inch or more slide afterv having been in place for some time.

It is our aim to provide a roofing material which is devoided of air and effectively sealed against the penetration of air and moisture, and

has included in its structure a. layer which is of the character and is so associated with the foundation as to prevent relative movement of the components making up the roofing material. A roofing material of this construction is sub stantially non-blistering and/or non-sliding. The aim of this invention is to provide an apparatus or machine for making roofing of this character.

Broadly stated the invention resides in providing means for impregnating a web such as a sheet of felt for example with a suitable bituminous saturant in any suitable manner as by immersion. in saturant in a saturating tank and then, after the web has been freed of excess saturant as by passing the same between doctor blades or squeeze rolls, providing means for immersing the web in a bath of hot bituminous coating ma.- terial. with the web being compressed to be devoided of air and sealed with the coating ma.- terial in this air devoided condition while immersed in said coating,

' One feature of apparatus embodying this invention resides in the combination of means for saturating a web of material with a bituminous saturant, with means for removing excess saturant, squeezing members for devoiding the impregnated web, and means for coating the webof material with coating material while devoided. Furtherfeaturesof this invention reside in means for immersing the web material in coating material in the coating tank and squeeze rolls for devoidi'ng the material in the coating tank. Special features of this invention relate tothe combination of a saturating tank with a coating tank and means for removing excess saturant between the two tanks. Other features of this invention -reside in the combination with the two tanks just mentionedof doctor blades or squeeze rolls between the tanks and squeeze rolls adapted to compress web material below the normal surface of coating material in the coating tank. Further features of this invention reside in means for adjusting the pressure on the squeeze rolls in the coating tank and in means for adjusting the position of doctor blades as web material is passed from the coating tank. I i

'- Another feature of this invention resides superficial coating and spreading means. Further features of this invention eside in thecombination with saturating and eating tanks and devoiding means of coating and spreading means and means for dusting coated webs with finelydivided materials or imbedding the granular materials in the coating; and cooling and pressing the coated and dusted or granular-surfaced webs.

A further feature of this invention resides in affording a coating tank having an inlet and an outletso positioned that a current of coating material in the tank is maintained'counter to the movement of web material passing between squeeze rolls while submerged in coating-material Fig. 1 is a schematic view of part of apparatus 2 for making roofing including saturating and coating means, etc. s

Fig. 1a is a schematic view of a continuation of the apparatus of Fig. 1 including means for applying granules, dusting, cooling, pressing, etc. Fig. 2 is aside view partly in section showing a coating bathembodying this invention, including squeeze rolls, rollers, doctor blades, etc.

Fig. 3 is a schematic view of amodifled form of coating bath; 1

' Fig. i is a-sectional view of aroofing embodying this invention, and 7 Fig. 5 is a. sectional view of amodified form of roofing, material. A a In' the drawings, the reference character ll indicates a roll of felt or other web, which is [mounted upon suitable bearings (not shown) and which is adapted to be unwound by the withdrawal of a web l2 therefrom, the web passing first over idling rollers l3. 1 1

When a first roll of felt has become exhausted, the end of the felt from exhausted roll H can be attached to the end of a new roll of felt Ila. In

ed by suitable means (not shown) to be. elevated and lowered as desired. In the normal operation of the machine, the rollers ll arein the position shown in solid'lin'es. As aroll of web ma-' te'rial becomes exhausted, the rollers I 4 can be elevated to the, position indicated in dotted lines. After a roll ofweb material has become exhausted and while the end of the web is being'attached to a new roll of web material, the rollers ll, are graduallylowered so that the slack material carried thereon can be continuously fed into therest of the apparatus. After'the web has been joined to the new roll, the web from the new roll is fed through the apparatuswhile the rollers I4 are in the position shown in solid lines. Any suitable number of stationary rollers l4 and movable rollers I4 may be employed.

While it is not essential to the practices: this invention, the web material'is preferably passed over any suitable number of drying rolls l5 which may be heated as with steam. The purpose of the drying rolls is to remove any moisture absorbedaccomdrum 8 3.

by the web from the air or elsewhere prior to ,the saturating step to be described.

The web of material is immersed in a bath of bituminous-saturant by passing the same alternately over rollers l6 above the surface of the saturant I! in saturating tank I8 and over rollers l9 which are submerged below the surface of ,the saturant I'l Any desired number of rollers l8 and I9 may be employed to the vend that the web by passingioverthe rollers is thoroughly saturated with the bituminous saturant. After leaving the'saturating tank l8, the web material is passed through rolls 20 which serve as removing means for removing from the surface of the web material any excess of satdrant adhering thereto.

The web material impregnated with saturant is taken to the coating apparatus by means of rollers 2| between which the web of material is allowed to, fall in a loop 22, so as to allow for dliferentspeeds of operation in passing the web material through the saturating tank on one passes under roller 21 and over roller 28 betweenr which doctor blades 29 and 29 are mounted above the surface of the bath for removing excess coat ing material from the surface of the web. The tank 24 is shown broken at 86 to indicate that the tank may be made of sumcient length to permit the web to fully expand after it is relieved of compression by rolls26. v v n Inprder to afford a layer of coating material of sumcient thickness on a surface-of the web, the web material which has been filled and sealed by the apparatus above described, may be passed in operative, relation with respect to means for applying coating material to the desired surface. For example, coating material may be applied to thesurfa'ce of the web bymeansof pipe 30 and the excess coating material thus applied maybe spread to desired thickness by means of spreader rolls 3|.

By the above apparatus, the web has been filled with saturant material and sealed with coatin material while devoided of air. Moreover, a layer of coating-material has been applied to one surfilled, sealed and coated may now be passed about A granular material such as slate granules is fed upon the coated surface of the web from a hopper 34. In passing from drum 33 to drum 3!, the web ,of material is inverted and a coating of fine material such as fine mica flakes is applied to thejrever'se side of the .web from hopper 26. Thus theroofing is coated by suitable application means with finely divided solid ma terial, the type of solid material being regulated The roofing may then be compressed face of the web to desiredthickness. The web so the roofing may be taken from press rolls 39 and wound in rolls in any shown).

' If the roofing material is to be cut into'shingles, it is preferably festooned on a plurality of traveling slack holding bars 49 which carry a relasuitable manner (n ot tively large amount of slack material. The roofing material is taken from the slack holding bars l over guide rollers I I to a devicefor cutting the roofing longitudinally which is indicated generally by the reference character 42 and to a device for cutting the longitudinal strips into suitable lengths which is indicated generally by the refer I ence character 49. Thus any suitable form of and shape of shingles or shingle strips or squares may be cut from the roofing material. The cut material can be collected and baled in any suitable way for marketing.

' Referring to Fig. 2, a coating bath which may be. employed in the practice of this invention is shown in detail for the purpose of illustrating one manner in which an embodiment of the invention may be made. In the description of this invention in connection with Fig. 1, reference has already been made to rollers 2|, 2!, 21 and 29 and these reference characters indicate the corresponding parts in Fig. 2. The web of material 12 is passed between squeeze rollers 26 already de-- scribed in connection with .Fig. 1. Preferably, the inlet 44 for supplying-the coating tank 24 with fresh bituminous coating material is located adjacent the part of -the tank 24 which is on the I sideof the squeeze rollers 29 at which the web material is discharged after compression by said rollers. Moreover, the outlet 45 forthe tank is preferably on the side of the squeeze rollers 26 on which the web .of material i2 is taken between the squeeze rolls. It is a feature of this invention that the flow of bituminous coating material in, tank 24 is controlled sothat the bubbles formed by'air expelled from the web 12 by passing the web between squeeze rollers 2| are carried away from the squeeze rollers and are not permitted to'mingle with the coating material on the side of the squeeze rolls at which the web is withgears" to turn threaded rods for theelevation and lowering of bearing blocks 49 in which one of the squeeze. rolls is. mounted. By the means just described, the squeeze rolls may be moved so as to become more adjacent to or more remote from each other asfdesired in regulating the pressure exertedupon a web ofmaterial passing between the squeezerolls but any other suitable arrangement for regulating the pressure of the squeeze rolls on the web may be used. .Preferably, the rollers 25 and 21 are adjustable so as to control the travel of the web l2 through the coating bath containedin tank 24. The adjusting means is shown in the form of hand wheels 59 I and ii which operate in any suitable manner to elevate and lower rollers" and 21 respectively.-

Means are afforded for regulating the position of doctor blades 29 and 29' with reference to the web material i2'passingbetween guide rollers 21 and 29. The position of the doctor blade 29 is regulated by hand wheel 52 which acts through worms 59 and wormwheels and threaded rods 55 to move the doctor blade 29. The position of doctor blade 29 is regulated by the corresponding parts 52353, 54' and 56'.

A modified form of coating bath is shown in Fig. 3. Bituminous coating material 59 is contained in a tank 51. Fresh coating material is charged into tank 51 through inlet 59 and excess coating material is withdrawn through outlet 59. A web of material l2 passes into the tank over a roller 60 and is submerged in the coating material 56 by means of a submerged roller 8|. The web of material'is shown in Fig. 3 as passing be-' tween squeeze rolls 82 and 82. The purpose of the second squeeze rollers 63 is to complete the devoiding-of the web in case the web is not completely devoided by; squeeze rollers 62. Any plurality of squeeze rollers may be employed in the coating bath to devoid the web.

To further assist in devoiding the web of air,-

the travel of the web through the tank may be increased and regulated by guide rollers 64 and 65. Thus, if desired, the immersion of the web in the bituminous coating material may be prolonged and the web may be flexed, thus assisting in the devoiding of the web. If desired, a

guide roller 69' may be provided above the surface of the coating in the coating tank so that the temperature of'the web I2 passing therethrough may be prevented from rising to an excessively high degree. In such case, the web of material can be taken to squeeze rollers 82 over roller .61. Means may be afforded for adjusting vthe position of any of the rollers 64, 85, 66, and 61 as desired.' I I It' is one of the features of this invention that a web of material is saturated with a bituminous saturant, any excess saturant being removed from the surface thereof, and is immediately thereafter immersed while hot in a tank of coating .material. Apparatusfor performing such an operation is shown in Fig. 3, wherein a tank 89 of satii'rant 69 is shown from which the web of material is taken over'guide roller 10 after having been taken past doctor blades 99 to remove excess saturant. The web of material is then taken to guide roller 69 and is immediately immersed in the coating material in tank 51, reducing the travel between doctor blades 39 and the point of immersion into the coating material to a minimum. .For example, the distance between the doctor blades 98 and the point at which the web is immersed in bituminous coating material contained intank 51 may be reduced to 3 or 4 feet. Moreover, the rate of movement of the .web as it is passed progressively through the apparatus is preferably such that the web will pass from the doctor blades 99 to coating material in tank 51 in the shortest possible time. While this feature of this invention has been described in' connection with particular apparatus, it is to be understood that the methodstep involving the control of rate of web movement and distance of web travel between the saturating and the coating operations so that the web will only have a few seconds to cool may be practiced with any type of apparatus. In other words, the web is passed to the coating bath before it has had time to cool substantially.

A further feature of this invention is also shown in Fig. 3 and resides in applying coating material 7 to a'web of material immediately after the web of material has been removed from a bath of bituminous coating material. Thus, in Fig. 3, the'web of material is taken from the bath after having passed under roller 12 and is passed diover the tank 51 when the coating material ap- K plied from pipe 14 is similar in character to the coating material admitted into the tank. through inlet 58., e

In cases where a special superficial coating is desired, such as a coating mineraiized with fine inorganic materials and the superficial coating is to be different from the sealing coating applied by immersion of the web in a bath of the coating material, the coating doctor blades ,or

spreading rollers are not positioned over the tank 1 of coating material, but are positioned to one side thereof as shown in Fig. 1.

I Preferably the second superficial coating of coating material is applied to the web as soon as possible after the web has been removed from the coating material and before the web has: had an opportunity of becoming substantially cooled. For example, it is preferable to arrange the rate of movement of the web and the distance of travel between the coating bath and the point of application of the second coating of coating material so that the time for the web to cool will be reduced to not more than a few seconds and the web will not have had an opportunity of becoming substantially cooled.

InFig. 1, excess coating material applied by pipe to is collected in, a special receptacle, 11.

v In Fig. 3 the excess coating material is collected in a'suitable member of tank 51.

While the operation of the above apparatus is apparent it will be briefly described as follows:

A web of material I! is unrolled from either of the rolls II or Ila and is' passed progressively through a saturating tank I! where it is-impreghated asthoroughly as possible with bituminous isaturant-F The thoroughly impregnated web is taken from the saturating tank to rolls or doctor blades which remove excess saturant from the surface of the web. Preferably, after leaving the rolls only small amounts ofsaturant remain unabsorbed by the web material. It'has been found in practice that it is desirable to have the web come from the rolls in .a "spotted condition,

; namely,-having certain areas of the web appe'aring wet and certain areas ofthe web' appearing dry. Iftoo great amounts of saturating material are left adhering to the surface of the :web, this material acts as a lubricant for higher melting point coating material applied thereto with the result that the finished product has a tendency to slide. If the saturated felt is made too dry", it is difiicult to remove all the air from the felt prior to the coating and sealing of, the felt.-

The web is preferably in the practice of this invention immersed in the ,bath of coating material as quickly as possible so as to avoid the ,ab-

sorption of air by the 'web 'which would other-' wise occur due tothe cooling of the web and to the expansion of the web after having passed though it is not essential to the practice of this invention, the web is-not permitted to cool sub -61 material is immersed in the bath of coatin material, it is pressed by squeeze rollers preferably to a definitely greater extent than that resulting from the pressure of the rolls or other ,saturant removing means at the conclusion of the saturating bath. As the web passes between the squeeze rolls beneath the surface of the coating bath a foam of bubbles occurs in the coating material. This foam is preferably withdrawn from the tank and the occurrence of the foam in the bath at a point at which it could contact with the web after the web'has passed from the squeeze rolls is avoided. The web, after having passed from the squeeze rolls in the coating bath expandsand sucks in the coating material to replace theair that has been expelled from the .'.web. The web is thus not only filled with satu-' ra'nt but also is sealed with coating material which permeates the web surface layer and keeps the web is a permanently devoided condition.

It is to be notedthat the web is maintained devoided during the coating operation. After leaving the coating bath, excess coating material can be removed as by doctor blades. After the web, has been filled with bituminous 's'aturant and sealed with bituminous coating material as above described, the web canbe used without coating the material further. For example, the filled and sealed web'can be usedfas a flooring or for the construction of' multi-ply built up roofing or for pipeline coveripgf For roofing,

purposes, however, it is preferable to apply a second layer of coating material to give increased resistance to weathering and to afford a layer of sufficient thickness to hold adherently a finely divided, e. g-.,, granular solid material such as slate granules of suitablecolor. It is preferable to apply the second coating beforethe coolin I of the web can cause air to be sucked into the web. Additional coatings with bituminous material can be applied if desired but ordinarily are not necessary. The web, after it has been coated on the front and back with suitable gran- -'ular or pulverulent materials and cooled, may be marketed in the form of rollroofing or as cut into suitableshapes and sizes.

In carrying out the invention abovedescribed, it is desirable to devoid the web of material as much as possible prior to coating the same with coating material in a devoided condition In usual practice the amount of voids in the ultimate product can be reduced to such a point that blisteringof the roofing when subjected to weathering. is substantially avoided. Thus the roofing is rendered substantially free of voids and is permanently sealed in such a condition. The degree of devoiding can be increased by subjecting the web to more than one compression to drive out air contained in the feh, by pro- 7 be heated to temperatures whichare so high that burning and weakening of the web occurs during the time that is required to impregnate a dry web.

is preferably a relaj The lower Preferably, a saturant is which has a softening point of 95 F. to. 140 1"; as determined by the ball and ring method and which has a penetration of about 10 to 130 at 77 F. as determined with a Dow penetrometer. Considerable latitude below and above the preferred figures above given, e. g., the use of materials havinga softening point of about 75 F. to about 200 F. with a penetration of about 5 to 200 at 77.? F. is permissible, having in mind that if abituminous saturant having too low a.softening point is used the product will be too soft and too flexible and that if a saturating. material having too high softening point isused there is like:

lihood of burning the web duringflahe saturating step and ofproducing a product which is too rigid and subject to excessive cracking when flexed and of reduced resistance to weathering. The saturating asphalt is preferably applied at a temperature of about 350 F. to 400 F. although the temperatures named are not regarded as critical.

The bituminous coating material has a sof-" tening point which is preferably between about 220 F-..and about 250 F. and has a penetration of about 9 to about 20 at 77 1". However, satismitted to cool more tha a few degrees before it is applied.

The softening. point and penetration of the.

coating material (and saturant) that is used depends somewhat on the climate in which the roofing material is to beused. The bituminous saturatingand coating materials .are preferably .used in a condition which isas free of air bubbles as possible.

One embodiment of a roofing made in accordance with this invention is shown in Fig. 4'. The

roofing comprises a web 1.8 of material such as felt. The web material is impregnated with a saturant I0. A sealing coat of bituminous coatin'g'ma'terial is indicated by the reference char- The sealing coating preferably has acter 80.

/ a higher softening point than the softening point of'the satura'nt 19. Preferably, also the sealing coat ll impregnates the web 18 adjacent the surfaces thereof so that the web 18 is impregnated at -one portion thereof with a bituminous saturant and is impregnated in'another portion thereof andadjacent the surfaces thereof with a coating material of higher softening point than said 'saturant; Thus-there is an inner layer of felt impregnated, with a saturant and two overlying layers of felt impregnated with a coating material having a higher softening point than said 'sa'turant, and the felts in the layers are interfelted'with each other. At one side of the roofing. a'thin surfacing ll of pulverulent material such as fine mica flakes may be applied. At the opposite surface of the roofing, the surfacecoat ing or layer 82 of bituminous coating'material isapplied and overlies layer and the felt in layer 80.

In Fig. 4,,the bituminous material in layers 80 and 02 are substantially identical and become merged with oneanother so that a coating material is afforded comprisingbituminous coating thereto and a surface layer 82 which overlies the felt and which has substantial thickness and weather-resistance. Adherent to the layer 81, a

surfacing ll of granular or finely divided solid material may be applied of any suitablesize or color. The surfacing 03 may consist of granular solid particles of suitable colored slate, for

example.

A- modified embodiment of roofing which may be made with the apparatus of this invention is shown in Fig. 5. The structure in Fig. 5 is identical with that of Fig. 4 except that in place of the layer "shown in Fig. 4 a layer N is employed of a coating material which is substantially different from the coating material cont'ainedin layer 80. Thus, for example, a coating material having a different softening point from the melting point of the coating material contained in-layer 80 may be employed. Moreover, thecoating material in layer 84 may comprise a finely divided inorganic solid material in certain cases as desired.

As above stated, it is preferable too that the roofing contain less than about 2.0% of 'voids. Moreover, it is also preferable that the total weight of material overlying the felt base of the roofing and including the bituminous coating material and finely divided solid surfacing/material be less than about 45 pounds per 100 sq. ft. so as to minimize a tendency of overlying material to slide.

The roofing products may als be manufactured without layer 02 or layer 8 for example,

to be used as the felt in built-up roofing construction. Moreover, a variety of superficial coatings of dust or granular materials, or liquids suchas paint and the like, may be applied for protective or ornamental purposes, or both.

While this invention has been described in connection with certain specificillustrations it is to be understood that this has beendone for the purpose of illustration and that this invention is not to be limited thereby. Moreover, it is also to be understood that the term "roofing includes roll and shingle roofing, siding strips, and other building materials of the character described, all

of which may be made in accordance with the invention.

We claim: I

V i. In apparatus for impregnating and coating a web with bituminous material, the combinajtion comprising impregnating means for impregnating' a web with a bituminous saturant,

squeezing means including members adapted forpressure contact with oppo ite surfaces of said web to devoid said web by sequeezing said web, and means separate from said impregnating means to supply bituminous coating material having a higher softening point than the softening point of said saturant to said opposite surfaces of said web simultaneously with the removal of said surfaces from contact with said members.

'2. In apparatus for impregnating and coating a web with bituminous material, the combination comprising a tank adapted to contain bituminous saturant, means for immersing a web in bituminous material contained in said tank,

- means removing said web from said saturant contained in said tank,a second tank adapted to containbituminous coating material, squeezing members adapted for pressure contactwith opposite surfaces of said web and means for operating said squeezing members to squeeze the "material which impregnates the feltand is 9pposite surfaces of said web therebetween,

thereby devoiding said web, and to remove said membersfrom said surfaces of said web when said web is submerged beneath the normal level of bituminous coating material contained in said pregnating means adapted to contain bituminous second tank. .7

y 3, In apparatus for impregnating and coating coating material, means for immersing said web of material beneath the surface of bituminous coating material contained in said tank, and squeezing means adapted for squeezing said web 'to substantially reduce thickness to therebydevoid said web and for relieving the squeezing pressure on said web while said web is immersed in coating material contained in said tank.

4. In apparatus for impregnating and coating a web with bituminous material,.the combination comprising "impregnating means for impregnating; a web with bituminous saturant, re-

moving meansfor removing any excess saturant from the surface of said web after said web has been impregnate'dwith said saturant, squeezing means including members adapted for pressure contact with opposite surfaces of said web ,to devoid said web by squeezing said web after I excess saturant has been removed from the surface thereof by said removing means, andmeans separate from said impregnating means to.supply bituminous coating material to said opposite sur faces of said web simultaneously with removal of said surfaces from contact with said members;

5. In apparatus for impregnating and coating Q a web with bituminous material, the combination comprising impregnating means for. impregnating a web with bituminous saturant, squeeze rolls adapted to roll and progressively'squeeze said web to devoid said web after said web has been saturated by said impregnating means, and means adapted to contain bituminous coating material independent of said saturant and to supply said coating material to opposite surfaces of said web immediately adjacent said squeeze rolls upon said web leaving said squeeze rolls.

' 6. In apparatus for impregnating and coating a web with bituminous material, the combination comprising impregnating means adapted for impregnating" a web with bituminous saturant, removing meansfor'removin'g excessisaturant from the surface of said web, a tank adapted to contain a supply-of bituminous coating materialindependent of said saturant, squeeze I rolls in said tank adapted to roll and progressive- 1y squeeze said web while said web is submerged beneath the normal surface of bituminous coating material contained in said tank after excess saturant has been-removed from the surface thereof, and means for increasing and diminishing the pressure exerted by said rolls upon a webof material therebetween.

7. In apparatus for impregnating and coating web material, the combination comprising a first.

tank adapted to contain bituminous saturant, a second tank adapted to contain bituminous coating material, means for passing a web of material throughsaid first tanksov as to'be contacted with saturant contained in said tank, removing means betweensaid firstand second tank for removing excess saturant from asurface of said 1 web after removal of said web fromsaidnrst tank, means for passing said web from said removing means through coating material contained in said second tank, rollers in said second tank adapted to apply pressure to said web and to relieve said web of pressure while said web is being passed through and is immersed in bituminous coating material contained ln said second tank, and means for removing excess coating material from said web after removal of said web from said second tank.

' 8. In apparatus for impregnating and coating a web, the combination comprising a saturating tank adapted to contain bituminous saturating material, a coating tank adapted to contain bituminous coating material, removing'means between said tanks adapted'to remove excess saturant from a web of material passed therebetween, squeeze rolls adapted to compress web material beneath the surface of coating material contained in said coating tank, means for passing a web of material progressively through saturant in saidsaturating tank, in operative relation to said removing means and between said squeeze rolls beneath thesurface of coating material contained in said coating tank, means for withdrawing the web from said coating tank, and means including a roller spaced from said squeeze rolls adapted to maintain said web below the surface of coating material contained in said coating tank for a, substantial distance of travel of said web from-said squeeze rolls to said means for withdrawing said web from said tank. a 9. In apparatus for impregnating and coating a webwith bituminous material, the combination comprisingsaturating means for impregnating web material with bituminous saturant, a tank adapted to contain bituminous coating material, rolls between said saturating means and said tank adapted to remove excess saturant. from sure exerted on said web of material by said squeeze rolls.

10.'In apparatus for making roofing, the combination comprising a tank adapted to contain bituminous coating material, means for passing a web of material through coating material contained in said tank, aninlet andan outlet for admitting and withdrawing coating material from said tank, said inlet and said outlet being positioned so'that coating material flowing from said inlet to said outlet will flow counter-current with respect 'to the normal movement of said web in passing through said tank, squeeze rolls between said inlet and said outlet adapted to compress said web and relieve said compression'while said web is submerged below the normal surface of bituminous coating material contained in said" tank, and means for urging said squeeze rolls toward each other to compress a web of material passing therebetween. v

11. In apparatus .for making roofing, the combination comprising a tank adapted to contain bituminous coating material, means for passing a web of material progressively through said tank including aeflrst roller in said tank adapted to submerge the web'in coating material contained vin said tank, a second roller in said tank adapted te'rial in said tank, squeeze rolls between first and second rollers adapted to compress the web below the normal surface oi'coating material contained in said tank in passing from said first to said second rollers, a third roller above the normal surface of coating material contained in said tank, doctor blades above the normal surface of coating material in said tank and between said second and third rollers, coating means for said applying coating material to the surfaces of said web after leaving said doctor blades, and means for spreading coating material thus applied to desired thickness, said tank including a member for receiving any excess coating material applied ,by said coating means.

Hanan) w. Gamma. GEORGE ARTHUR msom. 

